Churn.



J. W. DBLZELL. GHURN. AHLIGATION FILED 3313.21, 1913.

1,091,044, Patented Mar. 24, 1914 v Weldon JOSEPH WALTER DELZELL, 0E CHATTANOOGA, TEnnEssEE.

CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914..

Application filed February 21, 1913. Serial No. 749,835.

To all 'ZU/LOHZ it may concern Be it known that I, JosEPI-I WALTER DEL- zELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to churns and has as its principal object the provision of means for frightening away flies and other insects from the mouth of the churn.

A second object of my invention improves the mechanism for operating the movable part of the churn.

A final object of my invention is to provide a churn device provided with the particular parts and arrangement thereof hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure l is a front elevation of my improved churn, the liquid receptacle being removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1, being taken from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevat-ional view of the frame of my improved churn taken from the left of Fig. 1. Fig. is a detail view showing the shaft connection.

In the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, c is an open rectangular frame provided with a base a. Beneath the base a are crossed cleats such as b-Z and on the top side of the base a are crossed cleats dcl. Nailed to the cleats d and the base a are two vertical guide members of the frame connecting which at the top is a cross piece 6, and below the piece 6 a second cross piece f.

'ww are braces attached to the vertical members of the frame on two sides thereof and stiffening the joints between the vertical members and the base a.

The horizontal members 6 and f previously mentioned are apertured to provide journals for the shaft 9 which is suspended from the top cross piece 6. The shaft 6 is slotted in order to receive a pin y which rests upon a washer 0: bearing on the upper surface of the member 6. The vertical position of the shaft 9 can be adjusted by using one or more washers such as m. Immediately below the cross bar f is a fan 2' attached to the shaft 9 by means of a thumb screw It will be understood that the fan i is designed to be immediately above the mouth of the liquid receptacle used when churning.

At the lower end of the shaft 9 are one or' more dashers such as is which may be of any desired type. In order to operate the shaft 9 I provide a treadle 1" which is hinged to the base, a at the point .9. Said treadle extends upwardly from the point 8 to the right of Fig. l and, at its upper end is pivoted to a link a, the upper end of the link a being pivoted in turn to a lever t. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the lever 25 extends transversely of one end of the frame and projects over the treadle 0" beyond the frame, the link to being connected to the lever 6 approximately midway thereof. At one end the lever t is pivoted to an upright standard 29 which is carried on the base a near one corner thereof and which is braced to the base by means of vertical braces such as q and w. Attached to the lever t approximately midway between its point of connection with the link a and the standard 39 is a cord at which runs upwardly over a pulley n which is journaled in a split brace 0 extending between one of the uprights of the frame 0 and the outer end of the horizontal member 6 where it projects over the frame to the right as shown in Fig. 1. After leaving the pulley n the cord m extends horizontally and is wrapped around the shaft 9 from which point it extends far ther to the left and, at its end, is attached to a spring Z which spring is attached in turn to the upright member of the frame 0 at the left of Fig. 1.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the shaft g, fan i and dashers is can be oscillated by pressing down on the treadle r with the foot, or by pressing down on the lever t with the hand. In either case the cord m is brought downwardly and the shaft revolved. Upon relieving pressure on the treadle 'r' or lever t the spring Z retracts the cord at to its original position and re volves the shaft g in the opposite direction.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided means for frightening away insects from the mouth of the churn and also provided a cheap, simple and efficient means for revolving the dasher.

Having thus described, my invention, what I claim is 2-- A churn apparatus comprising in combination, a base, a pair of vertical standards fastened to said base, a horizontal brace intermediate said standards relatively near the top thereof, a second brace extending between said standards at the top thereof and agonal brace, a flexible member connected being prolonged at one end to the outside to said lever passing then over said wheel of one of said standards, a diagonal brace and being Wrapped around said shank spin- 15 extending from the end of said last inendle, and a spring connecting the end of said 5 tioned horizontal brace to the side of one of flexible member to one of said standards.

' said standards, a treadle carried on said base In testimony whereof I afiix my signature substantially parallel to the plane of said in the presence of two Witnesses. standards, a lever pivotally mounted on said base and extending substantially at right JOSEPH TALTER DELZELL' 10 angles to the plane of said standards, conlVitnesses:

neotion between said treadle and said lever, G. H. STURGILL,

a Wheel pivotally mounted on said introdi- R. H. PAY.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of P318521 Washington, I). G. 

